Riga Supermarket Roof Collapse

An unknown number of people were able to leave the store on their own after the initial collapse.

Riga supermarket roof collapse.

On 21 november 2013 the roof of a maxima shopping centre in the zolitūde neighbourhood of riga latvia collapsed at 17 41 local time resulting in the deaths of 54 people including three rescue workers and injuries to another 41 people. The roof of a maxima supermarket located in zolitūde s priedaines street in riga latvia collapsed on 21 november 2013. It was planned that it would have a layer of soil 20 30 centimeters 7 9 12 in thick on the roof. An unknown number of people were able to leave the store on their own after the initial collapse.

Note that latvia does not have freedom of panorama. Cnn the death toll from the collapse of a roof at a supermarket in latvia s capital riga climbed friday to 51 the mayor said. The roof of a maxima supermarket located in zolitūde priedaines street 20 in riga latvia collapsed on 21 november 2013 at 17 41 local time. From wikimedia commons the free media repository english.

Three firefighters were among the dead and a toddler was among those injured. Rescue service spokeswoman viktorija sembele earlier said 35 people had also been injured in thursday s collapse at the maxima supermarket in western riga. Andris berzins said many defenceless people had been. Riga s new maxima supermarket in the zolitūde district s priedaines street started to collapse at about 16 20 utc on november 21st 2013 as rain collected in a partly built roof garden.

54 people have been confirmed to have lost their lives. Search teams continue to comb the rubble for more bodies with the number of dead expected to rise sembele. On 21 november 2013 the roof of the zolitūde shopping centre in the zolitūde neighbourhood of riga latvia collapsed at 17 41 local time resulting in the deaths of 54 people including three rescue workers and injuries to another 41 people. The collapse of a supermarket in riga in which at least 54 people have died is tantamount to murder the latvian president has said.

The rest of the roof collapsed on saturday the latvian president has described the collapse of a supermarket in the capital riga as murder. The disaster killed 54 people including three rescue. On saturday morning andris berzins told latvian media the.